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Mealy Pixie-cup

Cladonia cholorophaea

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45.4083, -75.5209

Field Notes

Description:

With British Soldiers lichen (Cladonia cristatella). The flaring cups are broad, goblet-shaped, closed inside large brown fruiting bodies are frequently produced on short proliferations from the cup margins.

Habitat:

Amongst the sphagnum moss of a large wetland peat bog.

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PublishedMay 22, 2012

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